Description:
Rich, philosophical, earthy poems of affliction and epiphany, inspired by Flannery O'Connor, Simone Weil, and Edith Stein.
Brief description:
Rita Mae Reese is the author of the poetry collection The Alphabet Conspiracy. A past Wallace Stegner Fellow, she lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
Review Quotes: "Making meaning out of suffering and loss, one of poetry's most fundamental aims, suffuses this collection. . . . Reese ingeniously uses forms--short poems, long poems, short lines, long lines, punctuation, and lack of punctuation--to explore philosophical and theological questions. The book includes magnificent illustrations by artist Julie Franki that complement Reese's searing poems."--The Christian Century